采购 cǎigòu to procure (for an enterprise etc)
to procure (for an enterprise etc); to purchase
How to remember 采购: 采 pick + 购 to buy = to procure (for an enterprise etc).
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How it is used
- To procure/purchase (for an organization, in bulk) - 采购原材料 (cǎigòu yuáncáiliào) to procure raw materials, 采购部 (cǎigòu bù) the purchasing department.
- Institutional/commercial buying, not personal shopping (that's 买/购物); implies sourcing supplies for a business.
- 采购员 = a purchasing agent.